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Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 14:23:12 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [2.5.19] Oops during PCI scan on Alpha
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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   From: Patrick Mochel <mochel@osdl.org>
   Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 14:14:26 -0700 (PDT)

   On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, David S. Miller wrote:
   
   > Does sys_bus_init require the generic bus layer to be initialized
   > first?
   
   Yes, and it is in drivers/base/bus.c just before sys_bus_init is called.

Linkers are allowed to reorder object files unless you tell them
explicitly not to.

This is why you need to put this stuff into a seperate initcall level.
This is precisely why I suggest postcore_initcall as the fix.
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